According to popular blogger and lawyer Wahome Thuku, if you were caught on camera destroying and looting property during the Tuesday demonstrations, especially in Nairobi, you should be concerned for your safety.
He warned that authorities will identify and apprehend offenders, bypassing legal procedures.
“IF you were clearly caught on any camera destroying and looting any property during the Tuesday demos, especially in Nairobi you better run for your life. They will profile and catch you and no, they will not take you through the legal route.” He warned.
Thuku stated on his Facebook account that even if many are involved, only a few will be targeted, and those individuals might either disappear or be severely harmed.
He urged skeptics to look up the story of Kimani Ruo, whom he reported on in 2007.
Ruo, acquitted of being a Mungiki leader, was later abducted by officers posing as journalists and has not been seen since.
Thuku noted that there is significant pressure to arrest those who stormed Parliament and looted.
He said Authorities believe that harsh actions against the looters will discourage peaceful protesters from joining future demonstrations, thereby labeling the protests as criminal and easier to control.
“The pressure to arrest those who stormed Parliament and looted is extremely high and I know it from inside sources.
They know that if the looters are hit hard, even the peaceful Gen Zs will be pacified and wont come to the streets.
That way the demos will always be branded as criminal and contained as such. Or so they assume.” He added.
His warnings come as President William Ruto has finally addressed the recent breach of Parliament by some anti-finance bill protesters.
The protests, which began on June 18, culminated in an unprecedented invasion of Parliament on June 25.
The invaders vandalized the legislative precincts, shattering windows, damaging tables, and stealing items including the sergeant-at-arms uniform, cutlery, and the parliament’s dummy mace.
Ruto condemned the invaders, labeling them as criminals rather than protesters.
“The protests were infiltrated by other people. Those who burnt parliament are not these children; they were criminals. We are going to look for them because you can’t destroy public property and escape.
We will engage our youths but we will also deal with the criminals in accordance with the law.
“How does destroying and looting property help solve the issues we have. We must separate the issues our youths are raising and the criminality for those looting property and destroying public property,” said Ruto.
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